FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police respond to the 2600 block of 12th Avenue South just before noon for a man who appeared to have injuries from an altercation. They say 23-year-old Bugwuji Hill, who has no permanent address, was acting erratically and started to run. Officers chased him and used a Taser to subdue the man. Hill was arrested and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Fargo man is in custody at the Cass County Jail after authorities say a YouTuber let them know that the man was in possession of child sex materials. The YouTuber, Jidon Adams, allegedly set up a decoy account posing as an underage female. This account made contact with Jerry Shope, and Adams said the resulting…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a scam tactic in the Fargo-Moorhead area. According to the office, scammers are using publicly available jail rosters to identify incarcerated persons and then contact their families, saying that a nominal payment is required for “pre-trial release services”. The scammer falsely identifies as a deputy…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner continues to express frustration with the City of Fargo over a new contract to hold jail inmates arrested by Fargo police. For two years, Jahner says he’s been working to increase the daily rate to house prisoners from $85 a day to $120. Jahner says West Fargo has agreed to the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Department have released the name of the man accused of robbing a downtown Wells Fargo bank on August 1. The robbery took place around 1 P.M., and FPD reported they had their suspect in custody around 4 P.M. that same afternoon. We now know the man is Jay Douglas Barker. Back in 2017, Barker…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Since 2023, law enforcement had to release over 1,500 people due to overcrowding at Cass County Jail. But now, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said those days are soon to be over. “So now with the new jail pod being ready to be opened here in the next two to three weeks, we want to give…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In 2002, the Cass County Jail was built with a capacity of 252 inmates, and years later, built up to 348. But in the past several years, overcrowding accelerated the need for an expansion. “When this was designed there were a lot of things that were considered. Number one the amount of resources that we’d need,…
(June 2025)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman is arrested for terrorizing after an incident at Scheels Home & Hardware in Fargo. Police were called to the store along 13th Avenue South around noon for a disturbance. They say 39-year-old Lisa Demery of Fargo had removed items from store shelves and was displaying a threatening behavior. She left the store before…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Fargo man is accused of purposely starting a fire that caused $69,000 worth of damage to a south Fargo apartment and displaced multiple residents. According to court documents, a Fargo Police detective says Larry Desjarlais admitted to starting his mattress on fire with a torch he uses for meth. The fire at 1202 1st Avenue…
Alonso Carlos LeBaron-Castro, 38. Photo courtesy of Cass County Jail.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man has been arrested after authorities found a suspicious package that resulted in a temporary lockdown of the Cass County Jail. Cass County investigators say Alonso Carlos LeBaron-Castro, 38, of West Fargo is a person of interest in the case. The Cass County Sheriff’s…
